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Photos by Neal Stringer: Cars &
MoW |
| This page contains photos
of various EJ&E rolling stock and MoW equipment. |
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| Subject: MoW Crane
#4 |
| Location: East Joliet Yard, IL |
| Date: 8/30/00 |
Notes: The crane is being
used to tow a half finished coke car (shown below). |
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| Subject: Bottom Section
of New Coke Car |
| Location: East Joliet Yard, IL |
| Date: 8/30/00 |
Notes: The shop was in the
middle of a coke car building program at the time
of this photo. Parts from other cars were used
to create the new cars. |
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| Subject: Caboose
#532 & #508 |
| Location: East Joliet Yard, IL |
| Date: 9/21/00 |
Notes: Notice the difference
in the shades of orange. |
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| Subject: Caboose
#177 |
| Location: East Joliet Yard, IL |
| Date: 9/21/00 |
| Notes: #177 was sometimes
used on the Phoenix Line job. The "White
House" is in the background and replacement
gas tanks for cabs in the foreground. |
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| Subject: MoW "Little
Giant" Crane #374 |
| Location: East Joliet Yard, IL |
| Date: 10/1/00 |
| Notes: The "Little Giant"
crane is hi-rail capable. |
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| Subject: EJ&E
Gondola #4114 |
| Location: Unknown |
| Date: 10/13/00 |
| Notes: A 4000 series gon,
which appears to have fairly new paint at the
time. |
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| Subject: EJ&E
Gondola #90861 |
| Location: East Joliet Yard, IL |
| Date: 10/15/00 |
| Notes: One of the older 9000
series gons. |
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| Subject: Damaged
Caboose #538 |
| Location: East Morris, IL |
| Date: 10/18/00 |
Notes: The damage is obvious
after #538 got hit by a tank car outside one of
the chemical plants in Morris. The EoTD didn't
fair well. |
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| Subject: EJ&E
MoW Truck #514 |
| Location: Joliet, IL |
| Date: 1/18/01 |
| Notes: Shot while parked
near the Romeoville Lead. New signal towers were
being finished on the main at the time. |
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| Subject: Caboose
#177 on Phoenix Local |
| Location: Joliet, IL |
| Date: 1/18/01 |
| Notes: Cab #177 has been
left at Railway Industrial Services while the
Phoenix Job crew switches the branch. |
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| Subject: EJ&E
Police Vehicle |
| Location: East Joliet Yard, IL |
| Date: 2/1/01 |
| Notes: An EJ&E Police
Officer is caught prowling the yard. |
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| Subject: Caboose
#501 |
| Location: East Joliet Yard, IL |
| Date: 3/28/01 |
| Notes: Caught sitting on
the "dead engine" track with some old
locomotives. |
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| Subject: New EJ&E
Coke Car #73256 |
| Location: East Joliet Yard, IL |
| Date: 6/04/01 |
| Notes: Caught sitting on
the Car Shop track. Notice the car only has reporting
marks and no paint. It was pointless to paint
these cars, as the paint would be burned off at
the mill anyway. |
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| Subject: Former Caboose
#538 - Rebuilt as the #10 "Hi Liner" (Side) |
| Location: East Joliet Yard, IL |
| Date: 7/24/01 |
| Notes: Former #538 was damaged
at Morris, IL, in a collision with a tank car
(photo above). It's seen here being rebuilt into
#10 and dubbed the "Hi Liner". It was
designed to be used on the Hi Line at USS Gary
as a shoving platform. |
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| Subject: Former Caboose
#538 - Rebuilt as the #10 "Hi Liner" (Back) |
| Location: East Joliet Yard, IL |
| Date: 7/24/01 |
| Notes: All the doors and windows
are welded shut. The caboose has a tail hose air
valve, allowing the switchman to pull the air and
set the emergency brakes. It also has an air horn
installed to warn workers in the Hi Line area. |
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| Subject: Caboose
#10 "Hi Liner" |
| Location: East Joliet Yard, IL |
| Date: 8/9/01 |
Notes: The ex #538 rebuilt
as the new #10 shoving platform "Hi Liner"
is seen shortly after receiving its new paint. |
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| Subject: EJ&E
Gondola #87649 & Second Gondola |
| Location: Spaulding, IL |
| Date: 7/2/02 |
| Notes: Pictured filled with
mill 'dirt', ready to be interchanged at Spaulding.
This was raw pigment being shipped west. |
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| Subject: Caboose
#540 & #533 |
| Location: Kirk Yard - Gary, IN |
| Date: 7/12/02 |
| Notes: Shown coupled to a
gon and caboose #549 on the Kirk Yard Rip Track
storage, located just north of the pit area. |
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| Subject: Caboose
#533 |
| Location: Kirk Yard - Gary, IN |
| Date: 7/12/02 |
| Notes: Coupled to #540, a
gon, and #549. |
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| Subject: Caboose
#549 |
| Location: Kirk Yard - Gary, IN |
| Date: 7/12/02 |
| Notes: Coupled to same string
of cars as above. The photo below shows the side
view. |
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| Subject: Caboose
#522 |
| Location: Morris, IL |
| Date: 7/24/02 |
Notes: On display at a private
business in Morris, near the IL River Bridge. |
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| Subject: Milepost
32.5 Bridge Parts |
| Location: Griffith, IN |
| Date: 8/2/02 |
Notes: New concrete bridge
parts have arrived to the location for use in
a new bridge at MP 32.5. The flat cars appear
to be EJ&E steel slab cars. |
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| Subject: Caboose
#177 in New Paint |
| Location: East Joliet Yard, IL |
| Date: 7/?/04 |
Notes: #177 is pictured just
after receiving a new paint job. Notice both the
new and old logos applied. |
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| Subject: Caboose
#177 & #508 |
| Location: East Joliet Yard, IL |
| Date: 11/22/04 |
| Notes: Unfortunately #177
didn't stay nice for long after receiving its
new paint. |
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